Posts Tagged ‘Browser’

Posted on October 27, 2009 - by admin

Public Firefox 3.6 beta now expected Wednesday, 3.5.4 Tuesday

During a Mozilla developers' planning meeting today, it was officially announced that Firefox users will begin seeing notices for version 3.5.4's availability beginning tomorrow (October 27). Full information about security issues addressed by this regular update will probably be released at that time, although Betanews tests indicate that Windows 7 users in particular will probably notice a bit of a speed boost, on account of improved document load times.

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Posted on August 19, 2009 - by admin

First Google Chrome 4 reveals the beginnings of cloud synchronization

With Google, one tends to learn the meanings and intentions behind the many events in its development programs pretty much as they happen. For example, the distinctions between what goes on in the Chrome browser’s development channel (”Dev”) and what happens in the beta channel, have frequently been explained to us after the fact.

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Posted on July 4, 2009 - by admin

Microsoft pulls Internet Explorer 8 OMGIGP vomit ad

MICROSOFT has bowed to public outcry and pulled from the web an ad rapidly gaining fame as “the worst technology commercial ever”.

The ad, which plugs Microsoft’s Internet 8 browser, features a couple eating breakfast while the husband’s browsing on his laptop.

He leaves the table and hands it to his wife, who inadvertantly finds a site in the history file so disturbing, she vomits on the floor.

The insinuation is it’s hardcore pornography.

Read the full story at Herald Sun

Posted on June 18, 2009 - by admin

Now you can expect that 250% speed blast from Firefox 3.5 RC1

It’s nicer to celebrate a big coming-out extravaganza when the guest of honor shows up. This time, the new Firefox Release Candidate is here, so strike up the band.

Last week, we reported that the first public users of the first Mozilla Firefox 3.5 release candidate could expect two-and-one-half times the speed of Firefox 3.0.10 right after installation. But we also thought that the RC was coming within mere hours. As it turned out, the organization released a stand-in called “Beta 99″ instead, with a warning that it may not have received the full array of testing a release candidate should require.

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Posted on June 13, 2009 - by admin

Safari 4 Goes to Eleven

Safari 4 is faster than the other browsers, says Apple, but some performance measurement experts take issue with the claim. The speed difference among the major competing browsers is in the neighborhood of 1 second, in any case, so does it really matter? What might be more relevant to users are the features a browser boasts.

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) reports that in the past three days more than 11 million copies of the newly released Safari 4 have been downloaded — including more than 6 million downloads of Safari for Windows.

It is easy to see why — at least from Apple’s perspective. Safari 4 is the fastest browser on the market, the company claims, besting Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Internet Explorer 8 by eightfold.

It is also three times faster than Firefox 3. Apple credits its advanced browser technologies, including its new Nitro JavaScript engine.

Read the full story at Mac News

Posted on June 10, 2009 - by admin

Not quite a Firefox release candidate, it’s ‘Beta 99′

The general public should still feel confident in testing what Mozilla is now calling a “preview release,” even if it admits it’s not ready to be called complete.

Already, Mozilla Firefox testers have already swallowed one unanticipated renumbering of the browser, so perhaps they’ll be more acclimated to this development from last night: With two successive weekends of testing having been completed, and with kinks apparently remaining in what Mozilla wanted to call its Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate, the candidate for the Candidate was publicly released today anyway…just not as the RC.

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Posted on June 9, 2009 - by admin

Apple to release Safari 4 browser today

This morning at WWDC, Apple SVP Phil Schiller announced the lid is officially coming off of his company’s Safari 4 Web browser for Mac OS and Windows. As of about 10:45 am PDT this morning, the “beta” label still appeared on the download page for Safari 4, though we expect the label to be dropped perhaps within the hour.

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Posted on June 3, 2009 - by admin

Opera 10 beta sports a new look, 23% boosted performance

A highly revamped rendering engine gives the first public beta of the new Opera browser 28% better performance than the latest stable Firefox. But is that enough?

The developers at Opera Software have been publicly working with version 2.2 of the Presto rendering engine for its premier Web browser since last December. Their goal has been to implement Web fonts for Scalable Vector Graphics without sacrificing performance or other standards support. Conceivably, this could allow sites to deploy both TrueType and SVG fonts in user-scalable sizes scaled to fit the current window size, as this recent Opera test pattern demonstrates. (Right now, Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 supports some scalable TrueType, but not to the degree that Opera does.)

Posted on May 29, 2009 - by admin

Google Chrome 3: Incremental changes along the road to Extensions

Big things brewing mean a smaller-than-expected crop of new stuff in latest version.

It has been hard to tell, since Google pulled the “beta” flag from its Chrome browser back in December, where we are in that software’s development process. So, clarifying for all the good folks in Fileforum: Welcome to 3.0.182.2, the current version of the browser not to be found in the stable download channel. Remember that Google is the first to say they “don’t give to much weight to version numbers,” and enjoy the latest rev for what it is: A few fixes, a few tweaks, and a lot of anticipation for Extensions, coming soon to a How-Did-I-Live-Without-This? near you.

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Posted on May 23, 2009 - by admin

Chrome 2.0 Juices Up JavaScript

A new version of Google’s Chrome browser boasts faster speed by way of improvements to V8 and WebKit. Other new features include full-screen mode and autofill. A faster JavaScript experience, however, could also pave the way for faster malware, since the language is a favorite among scammers. Google contends Chrome is no less safe than other browsers.

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) on Thursday revealed Chrome 2.0, a purportedly faster and more feature-filled version of the search giant’s Web browser.

The extra speed comes from an update to its V8 JavaScript engine and from a new version of the open source WebKit rendering engine.

However, Chrome’s speed advantage may soon be overshadowed by rivals. Mozilla , for example, is expected to release a final version of Firefox 3.5.

Also, speeding up JavaScript may lead to security problems.

Read the full story at Technology News